Tigres Island

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Tigres Island
Native name:
Ilha dos Tigres
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Tigres Island
Geography
Location Atlantic Ocean
Coordinates 16°36′S11°41′E / 16.600°S 11.683°E / -16.600; 11.683
Area98 km2 (38 sq mi)
Length20 km (12 mi)
Width6 km (3.7 mi)
Highest elevation30 m (100 ft)
Administration
Province Namibe Province
Demographics
Populationuninhabited
Ponta da Marca Lighthouse OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Constructed1930s  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Foundationon piles
Constructionmasonry tower (current)
metal skeletal tower (first) [1]
Height12 m (39 ft)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Shapeconical tower (current)
square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony, lantern and enclosed observatory room (first) [1] [2]
Markingswhite  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Power sourcesolar power  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
OperatorInstituto Marítimo e Portuário de Angola  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Focal height15 m (49 ft)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Range18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Characteristic Fl(3) W 11s  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Tigres Island (Portuguese : Ilha dos Tigres) is an island in Angola. [3] It is situated in the Namibe Province.

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History

It is the largest island of Angola; its area is 98 km2. It once had been a small peninsula in Tigres Strait known as Península dos Tigres with a well established fishing village named Saint Martin of the Tigers (in Portuguese: São Martinho dos Tigres).

The ocean broke through the isthmus of the peninsula on March 14, 1962, and the water line was severed. Tigres became an island overnight with no water supply. Later Tigres and the pump station at the Cunene river mouth were abandoned, and have become ghost towns slowly being reclaimed by the desert. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Angola". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  2. List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights . United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2016.
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Ruins (2016)